How Robin Revamped Datavail`s Content Process with Kapost

DATAVAIL | SUCCESS STORY
“Kapost got us out of email hell.”
-Robin Caputo
How Robin Revamped
Datavail’s Content Process
with Kapost
Datavail was successfully utilizing content in its marketing campaigns,
but the process was cumbersome. As expectations for greater
revenue growth required more campaigns and more content, that
increased volume required a different way to manage the development,
management, and tracking of content.
“We were constantly trying to keep up in email with every piece of
content we were working on, where it was in the process, what was
needed to move it forward. It was chaos and we had to have two hour
weekly planning meetings just to sync up on what we were doing,” Robin
reflects.
Their team needed a process that could tackle collaboration,
production, distribution, and deadlines in one place.
They turned to Kapost.
• Industry: Information
Technology and Services
•
Employees: 450
• Headquarters: Colorado,
USA
Immediately, the Datavail team, with eight contributors (including
agencies), had visibility into what each of the other team members was
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working on. Not only that, but there were clear workflow steps for each
content type and campaign, streamlining and clarifying production
processes.
The Kapost editorial calendar allowed the team to see, holistically, up
coming deadlines, projects, and tasks, which also allowed the team to
better prioritize day-to-day activities.
More time
for planning.
Sometimes, marketers get
bogged down in production.
DatAvail has freed up time
for marketing planning,
which will pay dividends in
analytics down the road.
Within five weeks of introducing Kapost, Robin’s team drastically
reduced production time, met more deadlines, reduced “one-off”
content, and established a process to better plan future content
campaigns.
Challenges
• More, more, more. Past success of campaigns contributing to
the company’s growth required exponentially more campaigns and
content to engage prospects and create demand.
• Limited visibility. Departments were siloed and efforts weren’t
prioritized visibly, creating bottlenecks in the critical path for
campaigns and content.
• Missed deadlines, and disrupted workflows. The team was in
content creation chaos.
Results
In one month, Robin re-defined what creating content feels like
within Datavail. No longer is it chaotic. It’s built into a process, and
within a platform that contains each moving piece. The successes are
quantifiable and tangible.
• Increased time for planning. Because the team is less focused
on dealing with chaos and communication, they can spend more
time planning ahead and thinking through campaigns.
Cut Meetings
Time in Half
•
Cut “meetings” time in half.
•
8 team members on Kapost
•
18 campaigns
•
200 completed content pieces
“My team begged for Kapost; they said: this is what we
want for Christmas.”
—Robin Caputo
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